The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-26
THAT CHESTNUT
KNOWN AS THE CITY cREMAroRY
Turns MP Again ms a Disturbing Element
to tho Council Health Committee-A
t Wrong Mnde Huilding-whsn the
,t Cremntory Will DO Ready,

Once more there Is trouble In connec.
ton with the city's new garbage and night
soil crema!ory, that apparently reverend.
Ing source Of discussion and trouble stu.
ated on top Of Wheeling hill, and once
more the Council Health Committee ia
called to meet In special session, and its
members subjected to worry and vex.
alton Of spirit. The public 10 already ia.
millar with the trouble had In finally get.
ting the furnace located where It Is, and
the many propositions that were made to
remove 1t alter Il was located.
After the furnace was built 1t was found
that an iron shed would have to be erect.
ed over 1t to project it from the elemen,s,
and proposals Tor making and putting up
the shed were advertised for. The con.
tract, alter considerable talk had boon In.
dulged, in and young Pittsburgher had
had hisey BACKED by an irascibls Council.
man, who imagined the young man
wanted to bride him, was awarded to Mr..
N. V. Smith, the Pittsburgh engineer and
inventor who had constructed the furnace
from p!sns OF patent regeueratiye fur.
mace OF his.
Mr.. Smith contracted with the Pitts.
burgh Bridge Company 10 put up the iron
shed. This was the same COMPANY Whose
representative had had his eye BACKED
but 10 this latter case tho city knew only
Mr.. Smith, 1t having contracted with him
for the iron shed, which by the way, was
not to be paid for till completed and &C.
copied.
A survey Of the ground was made by
City Engineer Ho4e under Mr.. smith'i
directions and the places marked for the
stone foundations that would be mecca.
sary. The building OF those foundations
was postponed by the talk about removing
the crematory. In the meantime the
shed arrived and was allowed to lie
about waiting such a time to be
erected, as the Council should decide
where tho crematory was to remain,
Then the Bridge Company at Pittsburgh
sent its bill Tor the building and other
incidental expenses to the city, which
knew not the company, but Mr.. Smith.
at la5t it was decided that the building
should remain where first built. Then
the foundations were ordered prepared
and they were laid. A few days eince
men arrived to put up the building. Yes.
terday inst as the frame work Was abou!
completed it Ths found that one OF the
principal girders to be placed in position
would have to be run through the tall
stack.
The intention Was to have the stack run
up outside the building. The Bridge
Company has been communicated with
and remedy suggested, but to make it
the company wants more caah. The city
now wants Mr.. Smith, and Health Officer
Reed at last nights meeting was instruct
ed to communicate with him to-day and
have him attend to the difficulty. Until
it is adjusted the work of erecting the
shed will have to cease.
In the meantime the first OF May is fast
approaching, when the recently passed
Law prohibiting the throwing Of garbage,
ohal,. dead animals, night.soil, ETC., into
RAINING streams, (the Baird law goes
into effect and what is to be done with the
city's garbage and nightsoil then, ia a
conundrum. One thing is certain-the
crematory will not be ready by then.
1thas also been found thatit will be neces-
sary to have bridges ar the crematory in
orderthat cartsmay back up and dump their
contents into the furnaces. The Pitts
burgh company wants $3.50 for building
only part OF these bridges. The committee
belives it can have the work done cheaper
and has instructed Keeper OF the Crema-
tory sarig to ascertain what it can be dcne
for. 1t is likely that the Health Com.
mittee will hsvo to hold another series OF
meetings before the matter is fixed up.
The crematory will probably be in opera.
ton sometime,